Bai Yilong | |||||||
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白以龙 | |||||||
Born | |||||||
Died | 9 May 2024
Beijing, China | (aged 83)||||||
Alma mater | University of Science and Technology of China | ||||||
Scientific career | |||||||
Fields | Mechanics | ||||||
Institutions | Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 白 以 龙 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 白 以 龍 | ||||||
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Bai Yilong ( Chinese: 白以龙; 22 December 1940 – 9 May 2024) was a Chinese mechanist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the 10th and 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. [1] [2]
Bai was born in Xiangyun County, Yunnan, on 22 December 1940, while his ancestral home is in Zhenhai County, Zhejiang. [3] His father Bai Rubi (白汝壁) was a graduate of the Department of Civil Engineering, Beiyang University and once worked on the construction of the Yunnan–Burma railway in Yunnan. [3] His mother Cang Chuanxian (仓传宪) graduated from Zhili Women's First Normal School. [3] He had three older sisters. [3] In 1958, he enrolled at the University of Science and Technology of China, where he majored in the Department of Modern Mechanics. [3] He went to receive his master's degree from the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1966. [4]
After graduation in 1966, Bai stayed at the Institute of Mechanics as an intern researcher. [4] He moved up the ranks to become assistant researcher in 1979, associate researcher in 1982, and researcher in 1986. [4] He was a visiting scholar at the Oxford University and Cambridge University from 1979 to 1981. [4] In 1987, he was appointed deputy director of the Institute of Mechanics, and held that office until 1994. [4] In 1998, he was proposed as president of the Chinese Society of Theoretical Applied Mechanics , a position he held until 2002. [2]
On 9 May 2024, Bai died in Beijing, at the age of 83. [5]
Bai Yilong | |||||||
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白以龙 | |||||||
Born | |||||||
Died | 9 May 2024
Beijing, China | (aged 83)||||||
Alma mater | University of Science and Technology of China | ||||||
Scientific career | |||||||
Fields | Mechanics | ||||||
Institutions | Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 白 以 龙 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 白 以 龍 | ||||||
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Bai Yilong ( Chinese: 白以龙; 22 December 1940 – 9 May 2024) was a Chinese mechanist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the 10th and 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. [1] [2]
Bai was born in Xiangyun County, Yunnan, on 22 December 1940, while his ancestral home is in Zhenhai County, Zhejiang. [3] His father Bai Rubi (白汝壁) was a graduate of the Department of Civil Engineering, Beiyang University and once worked on the construction of the Yunnan–Burma railway in Yunnan. [3] His mother Cang Chuanxian (仓传宪) graduated from Zhili Women's First Normal School. [3] He had three older sisters. [3] In 1958, he enrolled at the University of Science and Technology of China, where he majored in the Department of Modern Mechanics. [3] He went to receive his master's degree from the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1966. [4]
After graduation in 1966, Bai stayed at the Institute of Mechanics as an intern researcher. [4] He moved up the ranks to become assistant researcher in 1979, associate researcher in 1982, and researcher in 1986. [4] He was a visiting scholar at the Oxford University and Cambridge University from 1979 to 1981. [4] In 1987, he was appointed deputy director of the Institute of Mechanics, and held that office until 1994. [4] In 1998, he was proposed as president of the Chinese Society of Theoretical Applied Mechanics , a position he held until 2002. [2]
On 9 May 2024, Bai died in Beijing, at the age of 83. [5]